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Politician(s) lobbied: Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Life Science Strategy published in advance of EU Presidency

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Professor Mary Horgan (Chief Medical Officer), Department of Health

Intent: A new Life Science Strategy to make Ireland more competitive in biopharma

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig O'Sullivan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: RDI asking for support to host an event as part of the EU Presidency on Life Science Strategy

Methods: Event / ReceptionMeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Maeve von Heynitz (Ambassador), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Joined an IPHA delegation to discuss the need for the Life Science Strategy to be on the agenda of the EU Presidency

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jim O'Callaghan (Minister), Department of Justice

Intent: Asked the Minister to raise the need for digital records in healthcare with the Minister for Health.

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Robert Watt (Secretary General), Department of Health; Colm Henry (Chief Clinical Officer), Health Service Executive; Bernard Gloster (Chief Executive Officer), Health Service Executive

Intent: To secure a meeting with Tanaiste and Minister for Health

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: Meeting sought with officials around Ireland's vote on an EU exemption for development of RLT in the EU. The EU Mercury Committee meeting scheduled in Sept.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: Advocate for Life Science Strategy and access to innovation

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs

Intent: Ireland is seen as a country that values innovation and innovative new medicines

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Simon Harris (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Thomas Byrne (Minister of State), Department of the Taoiseach; James Lawless (Minister), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Peter Burke (Minister), Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Intent: Rare diseases conference, as an official event of the Irish EU Presidency. Asking for support to host a rare diseases conference on the theme 'embedding research and innovation as standard in rare disease care' as an official event of the Irish EU Presidency. This would allow Ireland to showcase excellence in Irish research while also highlighting the positive impact this work has on the lives of people living with rare diseases, their families and wider society.

Methods: Email